| | |  | electronics | Home » » Apple iMac MC413LL/A 21.5-Inch Desktop | | | | | | | Description: | | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz, 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 SDRAM, 1TB SATA HDD, 21.5" LED-backlit Display, ATI Radeon HD 4670, SuperDrive, Gigabit Ethernet, AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, iSight | | | Features: | |
• 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
• 1TB Hard Drive, DVD SuperDrive, 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
• 21.5" LED-backlit display with a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, 1920x1080 HD resolution, ATI Radeon HD 4670-256MB
• Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
• Includes new wireless Magic Mouse
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 29.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 25.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 21.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 26.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 26 reviews |
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4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A great computer, but.......Jul 01, 2010
There is no doubt that the iMac is a great computer. I purchased it Feb 2010. The reason I spent considerably more than I would have had I bought another PC was for Apple's reputation for outstanding product quality but mostly for their well deserved reputation for excellent service. So why did I rate it just two stars? Within about two weeks after purchase, the caps lock light on the wireless keyboard stopped working. I could get it working again only by either restarting the computer or restarting the keyboard. Then I could not type a capital O by depressing the shift key. It would work by depressing the caps lock key. That stopped after four or five days. After repeated stoppages of the caps lock light, Apple directed me to return the keyboard for another one, which I did. I had the new keyboard less than a week when that problem started again. Within two weeks, Apple had me replace the keyboard again. In the meantime, I had had four or five instances where the computer just cut off. It would not restart until I unplugged it, plugged it back in. On two occasions the slide show feature of iPhoto quit midway through a slideshow. After enduring all this for two or three weeks, and talking with online support (by this time I had had quite a few conversations with these good people), I took the iMac to the closest Apple store for them to check it out. The unit was ready in two days. They could not find any reason for all my problems so they reloaded the operating system. Everything worked for about five days when the keyboard problem started again. I have talked with Apple since then, as recently as 28 June. I was told to call back and they are going to walk me through completely erasing the computer and reloading everything again from the disks that came with the computer. I haven't done that yet. Yes, the caps light has cut off again, and I restarted it, but everything else is working well. Except that I have had to unplug/plug it in again to get it started at least once. Right now I'm making out with all this, but I will call them soon to do the reloading thing with them. I just don't want to do it right now. BUT, I feel certain that this will do the trick. There obviously is a permanent glitch in my current setup that just reloading the operating program can't resolve. If this latest step doesn't work, I firmly believe that Apple is going to tell me to bring my computer back, they'll give me another one. I have great faith in them. In all fairness, I will update this review as soon as all my problems are resolved.
0 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 OK Computing, TERRIBLE Gaming.Jun 13, 2010
Listen, we gotta set some things straight here. First of all, if your a gamer, i need to ask why you are shopping for a mac. A mac boasts very nice graphics, and i must say, they are impressive. Although appealing and very shiny, macs have more issues than the amount of pennies youll spend buying them.
99% of downloadable online games are only compatible with windows. Nuff said.
Point 1 PC.
Also, the mac overheats and freezes up after extensive use of the high graphics. (extensive meaning just 1 hour) Thats right, I cant even play RUNESCAPE without the nightmarish abomination's browser jamming and being forced to shut down the mac.
Point 2 PC.
I must admit. If your the kind of guy that likes to surf the web, spam messages on myspace, or email, whatever, this is for you. So yea, if you want a family computer, go ahead. Get it.
Point 1 mac
The macs just dont cut it. Its pretty much a white PC with better virus protection and all white. When you get down to it, macs rip you off in the end because, without amazons great deals, they cost hundreds more than alienware desktops (and may i add, alienware desktops are far better for gaming than macs) What would be really nice is if they came in different colors, but PCs dont do that either so...
Point 3 PC.
When my dad bought this stupid machine for me, i was depressed for awhile. Its the mouse. Mouse sucks, takes months to get used to.
Point 4 PC
Keyboard is too hard to type. Cant press ENTER without hitting the \ key or shift. Ive already made 29 spelling errors in this review because of it.
Point 5 PC
Macs have nice virus protection. Unless your a download maniac that clicks on every advertisement he sees, Macs wont do much. Still, its nice not to do constant virus scans on AVG.
Point 2 Mac
Commercials fail. they try to chop down PCs by making PC the nerd. In reality, if you spend [...] bucks on a mac, your a nerd with issues.
Point 6 PC
Chuck norris has a PC. 43 In fact.
Point 62998 PC
In the end, PC beats mac 62998 to 2. Good Fight.
2 of 10 found the following review helpful:
POOR AVCHD / BLURAY SUPPORTJun 06, 2010
Unbelivable that macs do not support AVCHD or bluray nativelly .Anyone who has bought an HD camcorder in the last 3 years will be frustrated trying to use a mac to edit there high definition videos. APPLE's solution is either to use there own codec which either creates very poor quality videos almost like standard definition video or creating huge files 5 times the size of your original. How ironic a georgeous 21.5' 1080p display but you cannot watch a bluray disk instead you must buy your movies from the apple store or spend hundreds more on software and bluray drives, what a shame. Even worst is that they deliberately cripple there dvd drives using some feature called Riplock that slows the drive to a crawl if you wish to backup your dvd collection. I guess it's back to windows untill Apple solves these problems
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 My Very First iMacMay 12, 2010
I've been a PC user for 15 years. I was always reluctant to make the switch because I was scared I wouldn't be able to play my games.
Parallels, Bootcamp, & other programs make this possible & the games run smoother & SO MUCH better than any PC I've ever had.
This computer handles anything & everything I throw it at. I've played StarCraft 2 with Photoshop running in the background (I didn't realize it was) & the fan didn't even make a peep. Sure my monitor was super warm, but it didn't whine or make any atrocious noises I was so used to with the PC.
The screen is just absolutely gorgeous & it is so incredibly easy to setup. I love that I only had to plug in the power cord & that was it.
There are so many apps on the iMac that make life so much easier & wonderful. Quicksilver, for example, is the best application launcher & so powerful. Everyday when I come home, I am just so happy that I get to play around with my iMac instead of hoping that it won't blue screen on me when I try to shut it down. It is truly a pleasure to work on the iMac. I've stayed up later than usual just because I want to do things on my iMac even though I have an exam the next morning.
It is the perfect computer for most people (as most people aren't pro-gamers). It runs any Windows OS better than any PC & it is the fastest computer I've ever worked on. Photoshop loads in 3-4 seconds & nothing is a pain to open/close besides Word, which isn't the iMac's fault. Pages is extremely fast to load though. The OS X uses the processor so efficiently that a quadcore is a bit excess for the average user. Best of all, if you think you need something faster, the iMac naturally holds its value better than any PC.
I NOW understand why people are such Apple extremists; the computers are just absolutely amazing. I honestly had no idea how great they were. I was never a huge PC fan, but I didn't think much of Macs either. I wish SOMEONE..ANYONE tried to convert me last year when I bought a laptop. I will never go back to a PC. There is no way you could get me to use one of those crappy Sony all-in-ones (seriously, what a joke) or the HP TouchSmart (it is so slow). This iMac handles & it is just so thin.
It wakes up from sleep mode super fast, it shuts down fast, it starts up fast. Everything is so fast. If you're a PC user who is thinking of converting, DO IT, MAKE THE SWITCH. It is not hard to get used to at all. It should take you a day or two to really get used to. All the shortcuts are pretty much the same, you just have to switch from control to command.
Things are easy to move around, rename, & the iMac reads almost any type of file. I had a bunch of PSD files & there were thumbnails of all the PSDs when I didn't even have Photoshop installed!
All the apps available for the iMac are 10 times faster than any PC software I've ever used. Cyberduck, Transmit, Transmission, Pages, iChat, Mail, etc..they all do their jobs so efficiently, smoothly, & in record time. I've had Outlook on my PC & let me just tell you, Mail (on the iMac) connected to my server & gmail in 5 seconds. It took forever for me to configure out my settings in Outlook.
The iMac is simplified, fast, advanced when it needs to be, efficient, & amazing. Even if you get that yellow tinge, screen flickering, whistling when you turn the brightness down..you can replace your iMac (if you buy it from Apple) & you could go through 5 of them, but you know that the computer is worth the hassle..because once you've gone Mac, you honestly will never go back.
Convert if you haven't already!!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
iLike iMacApr 28, 2010
Bought this to replace my aging eMac. Love the big, bright, super colorful display that rivals my HDTV. Also love the wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse. I'm no geek and this computer is way beyond my capabilities, let alone needs, but the stiff price was worth it to me to not have to put up with a Windows PC.
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